Anybody tried both? The Mackie unit seems to have a few more routing options and has more preamps - though quantity of preamps isn't really that big a deal for me. Any impressions of the comparison of quality of pres and converters of these two units.

I know, I know, I shouldn't even be thinking about this while I'm pissed off at my digi 002R...but I am.

I am being told that I cannot use a Guitar preamp as a line preamp, is this correct? I simply need to get a preamp to connect to my power amp and then play a CD player through the preamp. All I need as far as controls go are the Volume, bass and treble functions so as long as the Guitar preamp has in input and Output, why can it NOT work?

It is a little over time to build a new computer. My current desktop runs as fast as a one legged midget. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for a custom built computer that I can piece together?

I was wondering if an SM57 would work well on bongos. If not, please suggest the most affordable budget mic for me to use.

I was thinking to start to record people for free. So that I can acquire more skills, and no one will be pissed at each other. I am not that new to the whole process. So I was thinking of giving of 2 hours of recording for free, and if they like it they can pay me as much as they want. I really don't know what is the best strategy in my situation.

Hello,
I recently purchased a new Behringer Xenyx 1202 Mixer because I wanted to do some home recording.

I have with me at the moment:
-Behringer Xenyx 1202 Mixer
-Shure microphone
-Edirol USB Audio interface UA-1ex

Hi there all,

I've come across this problem before but resolved it. I've purchased a new card since and it's returned and i can't remember how i fixed it lol.

Anyways...

I mix my project in Cubase sx 3 and have done a mixdown on it to move it for mastering.

When i get down to the final process, *the limiting* i get horrible crackling and distortion.

USB? Firewire?

dropping my pci Delta M-Audio 192 and Samsontech C-Valve, I was thinking Focusrite Saffire LE would do the job even better.

Is that so? Any hint?

Well I've been using this for awhile now as my main source of preamps/AD/DA/Firewire connectivity and I've come to grow quite unhappy with the unit. The preamps dont sound to great, don't have much gain, the clocking is sketchy at the higher rates (which I rarely even use), and the inputs can get a bit noisy.

Compared to what most of you normally discuss here, this is small time stuff, but I'm hoping that I can get some much needed assistance.
I am a drummer, which makes me inherently inept at "tech" stuff. lol